Word: induction
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...passage, Cash describes in detail how as a young man Superpatriot Loeb fought repeated attempts by the draft board in Oyster Bay, N.Y., the town where he grew up, to induct him during World War II; Loeb finally won his battle when he found a sympathetic Vermont doctor who helped him win a 4-F classification for ulcers. "Loeb is a bully," says Monsignor Philip Kenney, vicar of community affairs for the ManChester diocese. "A lot of people who have been duped by him should read this book." Adds former New Hampshire Governor Walter Peterson, whose teenage daughter suffered...
...President Nixon's authority to induct men under the Selective Service System explros 30 and he has indicated that he will not ask to have it extended," schendel said. "Also (Secretary of Defense Molvia) Laird has expressed hope that there will be no draft calls...
...they're going to induct, they have to do it under the provisions of that (new) law." William Smith, one of the attorneys, said. "That law provides for a uniform national call...
Second-Rate Status. Instead, as one Pentagon lobbyist said, "We put it to every Senator strictly on the basis of national security. We told them the services would have to call up reserves and induct people who had been previously deferred." The President suggested that he would accuse Senators voting against the draft of relegating the U.S. to second-rate military status. Observed Stennis: "It would be a serious mistake to delay this bill because of a disagreement about...
...handful of draft boards across the country have resigned since the Calley conviction, refusing to induct men who might, like Calley, be ordered to kill and later find themselves charged with murder. One board in central Massachusetts has announced that it will still perform most of its clerical duties but will not induct...